May 12, 2007

“Japan must accept East Sea as a friend” says the Blue House

What friendship? Like burning Japanese flags? Accusing Japan for no valid reasons?

The Blue House put a message up on the website.

Roh’s aide urges Japan to embrace East Sea SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) — The office of President Roh Moo-hyun on Friday asked Japan to accept South Korea’s latest proposal that the waters between the two countries be called both the “East Sea” and the “Sea of Japan” in global charts to be updated by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO).

In an essay posted on the Web site of the presidential office, Cheong Wa Dae, Yoon Seung-yong, senior presidential secretary for public information, said that Japan must show a good neighbor’s attitude by abandoning its sole use of the Sea of Japan in referring to the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.

“Japan’s insistence on the Sea of Japan during the ongoing IHO conference in Monaco is a legacy of its past imperialism and aggression,” said Yoon.

Regarding Japan’s consistent historical distortions, Yoon also said, “Japan is still teaching its students that South Korea’s East Sea islets of Dokdo belong to Japanese territory. Its continued denial of responsibility for the Korean comfort women forcibly sent to Japanese military brothels during World War II has also disappointed us.”
On Thursday, South Korea’s Foreign Ministry asked the IHO to consider adopting both names in its update of global maritime charts, insisting that the Sea of Japan was registered with the IHO during the 1920s, when the Korean Peninsula was still under Japanese colonial rule.

The name ‘Sea of Japan’ is a heritage of Japanese imperialism and aggression.

Keeping the name ‘Sea of Japan’ alone means nothing but keeping the vested rights gained by a heritage of Japanese imperialism and aggression.

We encourage Japanese government to accept our proposal under the name of friendships.

Talking about friendships, wouldn’t it be better to clean up the shit in your own backyard before asking a favor to other countries?

Since IHO did not come to any conclusion, Japan bushing/Anti-Japan from South Korean government will probably become harsher than before in order to distract Korean people’s attention from his failure.

Seriously, the way ROK is saying is getting shockingly similar to that of North Korean regime’s…